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ISAAC KARPEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO S. KARPEN & BROS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Application filed March *7, 1908. Serial No. 419,694.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC KARPEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Chairs and other Articles of Furniture, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates particularly to chairs and other articles of furniture involving in their construction the use of sides and a seat and a back interposed between said sides.

proved article of furniture, of knock-down construction, which may be crated compactly for the purpose of shipment, which may be readily set up by an unskilled person, and which will, when assembled, afford as substantial a construction as could be de sired.

The invention is, for convenience, illustrated in its embodiment in an arm-chair, but it will be readily understood that the inis applicable to rocking-chairs, sofas, etc.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 represents a side elevational view of a chair constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a rear elevational View, partly in section, of said chair Fig. 3, a horizontal section taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a broken perspective view showing a portion of one side of the chair and a portion of the back of the chair, illustrating how said parts are adapted to fit together and Fig. 5, a broken section taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. 2.

In the construction illustrated, the chair comprises sides A, A an interposed seatv A an interposed back A an adjustable tension-rod A connecting the sides at or in the vicinity of the seat; an adjustable tension-rod A connecting the sides at or in the vicinity of the back and a removable guard, or housing-member, A", serving to conceal the tension-rod A Each of the sides A, A preferably comprises legs a, a a lower connecting member, or round, a an intermediate connecting member a an arm a and a vertical member (1 extending from the arm to the lower cross-member. The rear leg of has an extension a which extends above the arm.

The seat A preferably comprises a boxframe having side-members a and front and rear members a a respectively; and a cushion a carried by said box-frame.

The back, in the form shown, comprises a frame, having side-members a", and top and bottom members a, a, respectively; and a back-cushion a carried by the back-frame on the front side thereof.

The seat-frame is equipped at its lateral edges with dowel-pins a which are received in sockets with which the sides of the chair are provided on their inner surfaces and the My primary object is to provide an imlateral edges of the back-frame are equipped With dowel-pins a which enter sockets or holes with which the sides of the chair are provided on their inner surfaces.

The tension-rod A preferably comprises a pair of right and left threaded bolts a, (1 and a turnbuckle a. Each of said. bolts passes through an opening in the member a of the side of the chair and in the adjacent member a of the seat-frame, the bolt having a head located outside the member (L The turnbuckle a is centrally located beneath the cushion of the chair, and is accessible from the lower side of the seat.

The tension-rod A preferably comprises right and left threaded bolts (1 a; and a centrally located turn-buckle a which is disposed in the rear of the back-cushion and in the plane of the back-frame. Each bolt passes through one of the extensions a and the adjacent member a of the back-frame, each bolt having a head engaging the outer lateral surface of the extension a.

The guard, or housing-member, A com rises preferably a board or strip (1 of a ength to fit snugly between the side-members a of the back-frame, said strip having its lower edge provided with a longitudinal slot a, which extends the length of the strip, thereby enabling the strip to be slipped over the tension-rod to conceal the same from view, as will be readily understood from Figs. 2 and 5.

The manner of assembling the parts of the chair will be readily understood. The side and back are interposed between the sides of the chair, and the dowels are entered in their sockets, after which the bolts forming the tension rods are inserted, and the turnbuckles applied. By means of the turnbuckles tension is applied to the rods, drawing the sides of the chair firmly together, and clamping the seat and back firmly between the sides of the chair. The housing-member A is then applied, being readily forced into position.

It will at once be understood that the tension-rods provide an exceedingly secure connection between the sides of the chair, and that it is impossible, when the turn-buckles are properly adjusted, for the sides of the chair to spread sufficiently to allow the dowel-pins to leave their sockets. In fact, the clamping action is so secure that there is no possibility whatever of the parts becoming separated. The article of furniture is therefore, as a matter of fact, really more durable than most of the high-class furniture which is not of knock-down construction.

It will be readily understood that the invention is applicable to chairs other than arm-chairs, and to sofas and other like articles of furniture.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding only, and no undue limitation is to be understood therefrom.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A knock-down chair comprising sides having arms and rear legs provided with extensions rising above said arms, a seat-frame interposed between said sides, a back-frame interposed between said extensions, bolts passing through said sides and seat and equipped with a turn-buckle located within the frame of the seat, bolts passing through said extensions and said back-frame, a back carried by said back-frame, and a turn-buckle applied to said last-named bolts in the rear of said back and located in the plane of said back-frame.

2. A knock-down chair comprising sides having arms and rear legs with extensions rising above said arms, a seat interposed be tween said sides, a back-frame interposed between said extensions, bolts passing through said sides and seat and equipped with a turnbuckle located within the frame of the seat, bolts passing through said extensions and said back-frame, a back carried by said backframe and located in front of said last-named bolts, a turn-buckle applied to said lastnamed bolts in the rear of said back, and a housing-member fitted between the sides of said back-frame and having a slot receiving said last-nan1ed bolts and turn-buckle.

ISAAC KARPEN.

In the presence of- R. A. RAYMOND, A. U. THORIEN. 

